services, dev platform and repository mtg 16 Aug 2005

agenda

• 0.6 topics
  • recurrence, timezone
  • sharing, zanshin
  • sets, collections
  • i18n
  • certs, ssl, tls
  • dev platform
  • runtime performance, memory footprint
• m5 milestone next week

notes

• Set integration: the app comes up now on the branch (well, most of the time). ItemCollection has been replaced with Collection variants. Notification work remains, which might be a bit tricky. Its likely that we'll end up pushing out the milestone, as we'll want a bit of a buffer between the merge of the branch back to the trunk and the milestone. The developers working on the branch will make sure that unit tests and AcceptanceTests pass before merging the branch back into the trunk.
• Documentation: Jeffrey noted that it would be helpful to have high level documentation about where to find what in Chandler, Katie noted that we intended to do a pass at documentation at the end of 0.6. (Dev platform/extensibility task)
• Accessibility: Heikki described 3 accessibility guidelines (he already sent an email about this to the dev list). One of them was about not using color as the only means to convey information. We discussed the example of color used in overlays. Mimi worked with Bear to choose colors that work for people with colorblindness. Bear mentioned that allowing the user to pick custom colors can also help. Heikki mentioned that reasonable defaults and a way to customize colors are listed in federal accessibility requirements. (Such requirements may eventually apply to us, especially for universitites who use Chandler).
• Meeting effectiveness: We had a discussion about whether or not it was a good thing for the meeting to focus on status reports. Katie said she would send out the link earlier in the week, so that people could get the status up earlier and people could review others' status before the meeting. Phillip noted that he found the earlier dev platform meetings more useful because we discussed issues and collaborated on problems (more useful than status). Jeffrey and Brian noted that it was helpful to hear status to know what was going on in the project, and others noted that sometimes it prompted useful questions and discussions.

status

Katie

• Progress
  • We decided to create a new set branch (essentially pulling the repository from the trunk). Ted, John, Morgen, Alec and others are getting work done in the branch, including Trash and Sharing.
  • We decided to remove all parcel xml, Phillip is coordinating from here. Alec and Phillip ran with a proposal to make it easier to create block instances (and other cases where one wants to create a lot of instances in parcels). We're waiting for some of this to land after we merge the set branch back into the trunk.
  • Met with Ted, Phillip and Morgen to talk about the content model, the flattening project, and APIs. Phillip will write up more about that in a bit.
  • Met with Brian Kirsch and Sheila to talk about i18n strategy, Brian to write a draft.
  • 0.7/0.8 planning: looks like focus is going to be "plausible dashboard".
• Plan
  • Diagrams of the current content model to facilitate discussions with Mimi and Sheila. See Lisa's DiagrammingContentModels.
  • Clean up wiki pages related to dev platform, including ContentModelProject.
  • Finish up with "addressing", now that we have the set stuff worked out better. Mostly this means making sure we have it clearly written up.
  • Help out with set integration if needed.

Morgen

• Progress
  • Worked on Set/Collection migration, and made sharing work in the new world
  • Integrated logging configuration into run_tests.py
  • Moved photos and zaobao to parcels/photos and parcels/feeds
• Plan
  • Vacation this week: Wed, Thu, Fri
  • Help out with further Set/Collection migration

PJE

• Progress
  • Moved osaf.contentmodel -> osaf.pim
  • Assist Jeffrey, Alec, Stearns et al with proxy/attributeEditor issues
  • Contentmodel review (aka API grouping guidelines development)
  • Killed XML for CPIA project (by providing an alternative).
  • Misc. other assists
• Plan
  • API guidelines writeup
  • Kill parcel.xml altogether!
  • Discovery/versioning for parcel loader

Brian K

• Progres
  • Strong coding week implementing first round of i18n infrastucture
  • Created LocalizableString^?
  • Created the OSAFMessageFactor^?
  • Created I18nManager and i18n directory
  • Created I18nLoader code logic and migrated to i18nmanager
  • Migrated image and html resources out of application
  • Updated locale logic to leverage i18nmanager
  • Updated Utility.py to use unicode filesystem pathing
  • Started migrating CPIA code to use OSAFMessageFactory^?
  • Augmented all Chandler Dialog code to work with LocalizableStrings^?
  • Changed all code calling dialogs to leverage LocalizableString^?
  • All resource retrieval in Chandler now going through i18nmanager
  • Worked with Heikki in integrating new SSL code with mail and mail dialogs

* Plan

• • i18n documentation updates to reflect additions and changes to i18n architecture
  • Create the i18n roadmap wiki page based on discussions Friday with Sheila and Katie
  • Work with Andi to move displayName to a Text alias and condense description, examples, and issues
  • Continue migration code base to leverage OSAFMessageFactory^? for translations
  • PTO August 17 and Floating Holiday August 19th

Heikki

• Progress
  • New SSL certificate dialogs in, some other related polish
  • Put up simple accessibility template and notified Mimi as well. Some new rules of thumb besides keyboard access: no blinking, nothing should be distinguished by color only.
  • Gave ACL preso, planning and working on impl.
• Plan
  • Get some new ACL code checked in
  • Checkin the beginnings of ACL design doc
  • Look at problems with testing SSL connections which can put up multiple cert dialogs

Grant

• Progress
  • Wrote up GrantBaillie20050809 about various timezone-related issues.
  • Checked in implementation of events with timezones.
  • More code review-related changes in zanshin.
  • Fixed: Bug:3054, Bug:3457, Bug:2657, Bug:3754, Bug:3299
• Plan
  • More zanshin work (still some review feedback to incorporate; M5 tasks).
  • Fix timezone-related issues as they come up.

Ted

• Progress
  • Set integration work
  • Content Model (API and schema) review
• Plan
  • Set integration work
  • Foo Camp
  • In SFO starting Monday

Bear

• Progress
  • Bonsai/SVN work
  • Created FC4 Test server with Japanese locale
  • Rebuilt my local winxp test server